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A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

a of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; --- formerly caled anacamptics.

Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.

h of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).

extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

A marine fish of the family Chætodontidæ. The chætodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses. [Written also chally.]

Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.

A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.

defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect. Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. Sir W. Scott.

Containing the bodies of the dead. "Charnel vaults." Milton. Charnel house, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.

ther under their charge or his. -- People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838.

To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.

A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. Thudichum.

Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimimg of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of chenille rugs.

us fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies.

To place in a coffin. [Obs.] He dieth and is chested. Gen. 1. 26 (heading).

nant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.